From owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 22 21:39:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D782106567D for ; Thu, 22 May 2008 21:39:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.7]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E2168FC0C for ; Thu, 22 May 2008 21:39:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from richard.bown@blueyonder.co.uk) Received: from [172.23.170.146] (helo=anti-virus03-09) by smtp-out4.blueyonder.co.uk with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1JzIVG-00017o-7o for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 May 2008 22:39:14 +0100 Received: from [77.98.119.229] (helo=gb7tf) by asmtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1JzIV8-00024k-Ri for freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org; Thu, 22 May 2008 22:39:06 +0100 Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 22:39:15 +0100 From: Richard Bown To: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080522223915.12bcfe41@gb7tf> In-Reply-To: <789893.33757.qm@web63006.mail.re1.yahoo.com> References: <789893.33757.qm@web63006.mail.re1.yahoo.com> Organization: Ham Radio X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.4.0 (GTK+ 2.12.9; x86_64-mandriva-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: TV-Tuner cards ( NTSC / PAL / SECAM ) - which works best? X-BeenThere: freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Multimedia discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 21:39:15 -0000 On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:31:07 -0700 (PDT) Fritz Katz wrote: > > Is there a TV-Tuner card (that works under FreeBSD!) > which can tune to RF-input with any of the world's TV > standards? > > Or, do I need to open up my PC and switch out the card > when I travel to Europe/USSR/USA/Japan/... > > Please post your success and failure stories about > TV-Tuner cards here! > > While we're at it, has anyone been able to get any of > the USB TV tuners working with FreeBSD? > > ------------------ > Hi Fritz Apparently a USB DVB-T stick usually sold under the "pinnicle" brand does or did until the chip set was up graded If you look for a card sold in Europe you can nearly always guarantee PAL and SECAM, If it does PAL you should have no problems with NTSC, all they do is turnoff the PAL switch If I could remember the exact spelling, but something like Hauppage produce a good selection of PCI &,USBTV cards/sticks, the analogure connexant drivers are fairly mature.. HTH Richard > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-multimedia > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-multimedia-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >